Gran Dolina-TD6 versus Sima de los Huesos dental samples from Atapuerca: Evidence of discontinuity in the European Pleistocene population?

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1421-1428

  Bermudez de Castro J M ^a   Martinon Torres M ^a   Sarmiento, S ^a   Lozano, M ^b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atapuerca; Europe; Homo antecessor; Homo heidelbergensis; Human evolution; Pleistocene; Teeth

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; DENTITION; HOMINID; HUMAN EVOLUTION; PLEISTOCENE; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; TOOTH;

SIERRA DE ATAPUERCA; SPAIN;

HOMO ANTECESSOR; HOMO HEIDELBERGENSIS;

EID: 0141890723     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4403(03)00036-0     Document Type: Article

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